顕 – appear, existing

18 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1536 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 顕 means appear, existing. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケン (ken); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あきらか、あらわ.れる (akiraka, arawareru). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 頁 (no. 181).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケン	ken
Kun’yomi	あきらか	akiraka
Kun’yomi	あらわ.れる	arawareru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 頁 (Kangxi radical 181). Components: 貝・目・ハ・日・頁.

Words using 顕

顕微鏡けんびきょうmicroscope

Example sentences

顕微鏡の焦点を合わせなさい。

Adjust the microscope's focus.

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Kanji with the same radical

題領額頭顔類頼順項願預顧頑頂頻頃

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